Comparing Free Blogging Software!
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| by Don Beavers |
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 With the
increased interest in Blogging (web Logging), many web
hosting providers now provide an assortment of free usage,
open source blogging software packages. Among the most
popular of these blogging tools are B2evolution, WordPress
and Nucleus. Each of these programs offer similar basic
features, so the question arises as to which one is
easiest to use and would be appropriate for the
requirements of your particular website.
The answer lies in the true purpose of your blog website.
If your primary goal is to share your opinions and ideas
with the general public, you would want to utilize a
different blogging tool than a user who was creating
product blogs as a commercial sales effort. A blog for
search engine promotion would have entirely different
requirements. All of these uses are viable reasons to
create a blog, however each requires different features to
be successful.
WordPress Blogging Software
Available for free download at: http://wordpress.org/
It is hard to beat WordPress for general personal blogging.
WordPress is an open source, state-of-the-art personal
publishing platform with a focus on presentation and
usability. Everything related to creating and updating
your blog is available through an intuitive graphical
interface. With WordPress there is no need to compile your
work. You simply write your column. You then select the
features you want and your blog is instantly created and
published to your website.
If you are on vacation, you can schedule your uploads for
some date in the future or even email your column to the
server! The system allows multiple users with multiple
blogs divided into categories and sub-categories. This
allows multiple family members or friends to create their
own blogs along with yours.
Easy customization and the availability of many
"plug-ins" that provide more functionality (add
new features as you learn) makes this software a very good
choice for most individuals.
B2evolution
Available for free download at: http://b2evolution.net/
B2evolution is another advanced web log tool that features
an integrated XHTML validator. It supports recursive
subcategories, cross posting and has a really cool
integrated "skinning" system.
The "skinning" system allows you to create
multiple blogs in separate categories with different
appearances for each blog. You simply "change the
skin" for the blog to create a totally new look and
feel.
The "skinning" feature, combined with the built
in multi-user administration management tool, makes the
system robust enough for more commercial endeavors, such
as product promotion blogs. If you have much to publish
with multiple themes, this is the software you are looking
for.
 Nucleus Blogging Software
Available for free download at: http://nucleuscms.org/
Though Nucleus is an extremely robust blogging tool in its
own right, it also contains some powerful features that
can provide benefits in promotion of your blog.
Nucleus offers the ability to optimize its URLS, creating
simple page addresses that do not have and
"&" or "=" characters. This makes
the pages search engine (and user) friendly. Another great
feature is the ability to show the contents of multiple
weblogs on one page. This could allow a website owner to
manipulate the optimum text / keyword balance on pages for
better search engine rankings.
Nucleus also provides RSS and Atom feeds that can be
extremely helpful when promoting a website. If part of
your blog's function is to work as a search engine
marketing and promotion tool, Nucleus is an exceptional
software package.
Each of these blogging software packages offer the basic
tools that you would need to create a successful blog and
all three are PHP - MySQL open source (free to use)
packages. You should try to select the software that helps
you achieve the long term goal that you have in mind for
your website based on the unique extra features offered by
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| About
the Author: Don Beavers lives in Bryan, Texas and is an
enterprise level PHP-MySQL programmer at the Datavor
Web Directory and at the Shopping Elf directory
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